Battery



H. I. HIPWELL.

BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 29. Km.

Patented. May 9, 1922.

u we H for PATENT OFFICE.

nanny 'r. mwELL, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

BATTERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9,1922.

Application filed September 29, 1921. Serial No. 504,033.

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It is within the province of the disclosure to'improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in -the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l'shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the. invention; Figure 2 is a side elevation.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a receptacle, denoted generally by the numeral 1. The receptacle 1 may be in the form of a boxincluding a body 2 and a cover 3 whereinto the body 2 is telescoped, the cover comprising a top having openings 5. Fillers 6 may be located in the body 2 of the receptacle 1, the fillers defining compartments 7. wherein dry cells 8 are located. The cells 8 are connected up in series, as mdicated by the numeral 9, the cells having I terminals 10 which project through the openings 5 in the top 4 of the cover 3'. The top 4 is provided with inscriptions 11 located closely adjacent to the openings 5, the inscription's denoting the voltage secured at the various openings.

The construction of the device is simple, and is such that the operator may connect up the conductors to any desired cells, thereb' obtaining the required voltage, and may 0 so without removing the cover 3 from the body 2 of the receptacle 1.

What is claimed is':

As an article of manufacture, a batterypackage including a box-like receptacle comprising a body; battery cells in the body and provided with terminals; and a cover whereinto the body is telescoped, the side walls of the cover overlapping the side walls of the body to reinforce the receptacle in the retention of the cells, the cover comprising a to disposed above the upper edge of the ho y and provided with openings through which the terminals extend, the top having markings located closely adjacent to the openings and indicating the voltage available at each opening, the terminals projecting above all portions of the receptacle, to render them accessible, the body acting as a guide for the cover, whereby the terminals of the cells will be directed into the openings, when relative telescopic movement between the body and the cover takes place.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY T. HIPWELL.

\Vitnesses J. JAneLn, EDWARD G. LANG. 

